Does any1 know the score on claiming job seekers and maternity grants???
the way i understood it was that if me and OH are living together-i'm working and hes not that he can claim job seekers whilst looking for work and also the surestart maternity grant for LO!!anyway he went to job centre yesterday for his job seekers interview and to do the claim and they've said because im working and we live together that he cant claim anything!! not one bean!!
surely this cant be right??!?!can any1 confirm or had similar probs??
x

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Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:50 pm

SueT66

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i claim job seekers allowance but contributions based, so makes no odds what my OH earns.
not sure about the maternity grant bit though as never applied for one

thats what we have to do, And when LO is here you can also claim Child tax credits on top of that

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Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:46 pm

~~Becca~~

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Joined: Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:01 pmPosts: 2093Location: warrington

thats what they said with me cos my oh is working he can support us all. but if he was on dole we could get more money

its not fair

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Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:49 pm

MISSYMEL666

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Joined: Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:03 pmPosts: 90

I used to work for the jobcentre.

If your partner has been working full time for the last 2 full tax years (april 2003 - april 2005 and april 2005 - april 2006) then he could claim contrabution based JSA regardless of how much you earn or work, he'd get roughly about £55.00pw. If hes not been working during this period then he woul have to claim income based JSA which would look at your working hours and income, he wouldnt be entitled if you was working 24 or more hours pw. Either way the jobcente should have let him make a claim to both just so he could have a outcome. The other alternative is you could claim Tax credits for the both of you if
- you already have children and are working over 16 hourspw
- are over 25 and working over 30 hours pw
Tax credits would probably be more benaficial moneywise
you may also qualify for sure start grant

Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:54 pm

dee/martin

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Joined: Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:44 pmPosts: 7355Location: Liverpool uk

Re: Claiming...

destiny wrote:

Does any1 know the score on claiming job seekers and maternity grants???the way i understood it was that if me and OH are living together-i'm working and hes not that he can claim job seekers whilst looking for work and also the surestart maternity grant for LO!!anyway he went to job centre yesterday for his job seekers interview and to do the claim and they've said because im working and we live together that he cant claim anything!! not one bean!!surely this cant be right??!?!can any1 confirm or had similar probs??x

the jobcentre told us i can support both of us on part time wages yeh right lol the maternity grant you should be able to claim when youve had your baby thats when i can claim mine asyoull be on child tax credits then

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Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:29 pm

Dhillsmom

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Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:05 amPosts: 2095Location: Walsall, UK

same ere, i cant claim as hubbie is working and we have savings

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Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:39 pm

cla1red

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Joined: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:43 amPosts: 3715Location: Ipswich,Suffolk

When I got made redundent I got jobseekers ,but only for 6 months.It was contrabution based so it didnt matter what DH earnt.I got £55 pw and that was 2 &1/2 yrs ago.